Section 790.0601, F.S. Personal identifying information of an individual who has applied for or received a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm held by the Division of Licensing of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services or by a tax collector appointed by the Department to receive applications and fees is confidential and exempt from disclosure requirements. Information made confidential and exempt shall be disclosed with express written consent of the applicant or licensee, by court order, or upon request by a law enforcement agency in connection with the performance of lawful duties. Section 790.0625(4), F.S. All personal identifying information that is provided pursuant to s. 790.06 and contained in the records of a tax collector appointed under this section is confidential and exempt except as provided in s. 790.0601. Section 790.065(2)(a)4.d., F.S. The hearing on the petition filed by a person who has been adjudicated mentally defective or committed to a mental institution for relief from the firearm disabilities imposed by such adjudication or commitment may be open or closed as the petitioner may choose. Section 790.065(4)(a), F.S. Any records containing information specified in this section relating to a buyer or transferee of a firearm who is not prohibited under state or federal law from receipt or transfer of a firearm shall be confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and may not be disclosed by the Department of Law Enforcement to any other person or agency. Section 790.335(2), F.S. Subject to specified exceptions, no governmental agency or any other person, public or private, shall knowingly and willfully keep or cause to be kept any list, record or registry of privately owned firearms or any list, record, or registry of the owners of those firearms. (Florida Office of the Attorney General // © March 9, 2023)
